Gaza flotilla to return with 100 ships, Mandela’s grandson says: ‘We will bring Israel to its knees’
YnetNews.com reports: “The war ended long ago, and trucks carrying humanitarian aid, some of which also reaches Hamas, are entering Gaza in large numbers. But the anti-Israel activists who organized last year’s massive flotilla to ‘break the blockade’ of Gaza are not standing down. On Thursday evening, they announced a new flotilla set to depart next month that they say will be twice the size of the previous one.
As with the earlier flotilla, which the Israeli Navy intercepted in October last year at the height of Yom Kippur, the new effort is being organized by the protest group the Global Sumud Flotilla. The October flotilla, which was preceded by two smaller sailings in June and July, involved 40 boats and ships. Israel detained 450 participants, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. They were later deported to their home countries.
The activists now say they intend for the new flotilla to include thousands of participants who will attempt to reach Gaza aboard about 100 different vessels. According to the organizers, the flotilla will include about 1,000 medical professionals, as well as engineers and what they describe as ‘war crimes investigators.’ The ships are expected to sail from Spain, Tunisia and Italy…”
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